Section 1: Company Overview and Fundamentals

1.1 Company Overview:

Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a diversified line of healthcare products. The Company operates through four segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. Its Established Pharmaceutical Products segment includes gastroenterology products, women’s health products, cardiovascular and metabolic products, pain and central nervous system products, and respiratory drugs and vaccines.

1.2 The Key Positives, Negatives, and Investment summary

1.3 Key Metrics:

ABT has shown a higher profit margin across all three segments in Q3FY22 when compared to the industry median, which demonstrates efficient resource allocation and operational efficiency. Additionally, the other graph shows that ABT is having impressive ROE of 4.0% in Q3FY22 as compared to 0.4% of the industry median implying that the company has generated higher wealth for its shareholders.

1.4 Top 10 shareholders:

The top 10 shareholders together form ~31.34% of the total shareholding, signifying diverse shareholding. The Vanguard Group, Inc., and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.  are the biggest shareholders, holding the maximum stake in the company at ~8.75% and ~4.93%, respectively.

1.5 Consistent dividend History

ABT has been paying dividends since 1986 and has a track record of consistent dividend payments with a current dividend yield of 1.89%. Recently, ABT declared a dividend of 47 cents per share. This marks the 395th consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1986.

Section 2: Business Updates and Financial Highlights

2.1 Recent Updates:

The below picture gives an overview of the recent updates:

2.2 Insights of Q3FY22:

Section 3: Key Risks

Section 4: Stock Recommendation Summary:

4.1 Price Performance and Technical Summary:

4.2 Fundamental Valuation

Valuation Methodology: Price/Earnings per share Multiple Based Relative Valuation

Markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macroeconomic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.

Note 1: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels is November 09, 2022. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.

Technical Indicators Defined: -

Support: A level at which the stock prices tend to find support if they are falling, and a downtrend may take a pause backed by demand or buying interest. Support 1 refers to the nearby support level for the stock and if the price breaches the level, then Support 2 may act as the crucial support level for the stock.

 Resistance: A level at which the stock prices tend to find resistance when they are rising, and an uptrend may take a pause due to profit booking or selling interest. Resistance 1 refers to the nearby resistance level for the stock and if the price surpasses the level, then Resistance 2 may act as the crucial resistance level for the stock.

 Stop-loss: It is a level to protect against further losses in case of unfavorable movement in the stock prices.

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